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==OnePager Enhancements for Data-Driven Task Links for Smartsheet==

OnePager can '''import Dependency''' values on '''tasks/milestones''' from Smartsheet '''source plans''' where the '''syntax format''' for specifying '''predecessor''' relationships corresponds to the Smartsheet standards.

OnePager is designed to process '''Task Links''' associated with Smartsheet '''tasks/milestones''' that are specified as '''predecessors''' '''ONLY'''.

==OnePager Template Properties and Chart Properties Forms==

Before going further into this article, it is recommended that you first review the article at: [[Linking Task and Milestones Using Manual and Data-Driven Task Links for Version 7.1 | Linking Task and Milestone Using Manual and Data-Driven Task Links (Portal)]] <!--19.0.1-71-->

===The Template Properties Form's Task Links Tab for Smartsheet===

You have the ability to '''globally '''control the '''properties''' for all '''Task Links '''in OnePager’s '''Template Properties''' form before a chart is created.   The '''Template Properties '''form’s '''Task Links '''tab for OnePager Bundle '''Standalone''' for Smartsheet is shown below:

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====Controls for Importing Task Link Data for Smartsheet====

In the '''Template Properties '''form’s '''Task Links '''tab, the '''Import predecessors''' checkbox is normally '''unchecked''' or '''OFF''' meaning that the '''Data-driven Task Link import '''feature is turned '''OFF'''.  OnePager '''assumes''' that the '''Predecessors field''' from the Smartsheet '''source plan''' is used for the '''Data-driven Task Link''' information source.  OnePager only '''imports predecessor data '''from the Smartsheet '''predecessor field'''.   
Although OnePager does not import '''Successor '''data from your '''source plan''', '''successor '''information''' '''is the inverse on '''predecessor '''information found in your '''source plan'''.  This approach guaranties that all your '''Data-driven Task Links''' are based on valid information from your '''source plan'''.

====Template Properties Form’s Task Link Tab’s Controls for Smartsheet====

OnePager supports the visual representation of all four '''Task Link Dependency Types''' including Finish-to-Start ('''FS'''), Finish-to-Finish ('''FF'''), Start-to-Finish ('''SF'''), and Start-to-Start ('''SS''') with proper '''Begin''' and '''End point shape''' placement on the '''Predecessor''' and''' Successor '''task bars/milestone symbols.   It is '''assumed''' that if '''Data-driven Task Links''' are '''imported''', they are to be '''shown''' so the '''Show task links '''checkbox is checked '''ON''' in the '''Template Properties''' form's '''Task Links''' tab shown above.  Additionally in the '''Default Task-Link Formatting''' control group shown above, there are established settings for '''Line Styles''', '''Arrow Styles''', and '''Font properties'''.

There are controls available to''' globally''' set the''' Horizontal Anchor positions''' for manual '''Task Link’s Begin '''and '''End point shapes '''for all '''Dependency Types '''along the '''Predecessor '''or '''Successor''' task bars/milestone symbol’s timespan as shown by the '''slider '''bars in the illustration above.  For all '''Task Links '''(manual and '''Data-driven''')''' '''you are able to '''globally '''set the '''Vertical Anchor positions''' of a '''Task Link’s Begin '''and '''End point shapes '''on the '''Top''', '''Middle''', or '''Bottom''' of the '''Predecessor''' and '''Successor''' task bar/milestone symbol.   You can choose to let OnePager determine the '''Vertical Anchor positions''' by selecting the '''Auto '''options.

In the '''Data-driven Task Links '''control group shown above, the '''default '''setting for the '''Import predecessors '''checkbox is '''unchecked''' or '''OFF'''.  This is done so that new charts are not created with all '''available Data-driven Task Links''' information '''imported''' and '''shown''' unless you specifically direct such an action through the '''Template Properties''' form.   You have the opportunity to import '''Data-driven Task Links '''information''' '''using the same controls in the '''Chart Properties''' form’s '''Task Links '''tab in the '''Data-driven Task Links''' control group after the chart is created.

When the '''Import predecessors''' checkbox is checked '''ON''' in the '''Template Properties '''form’s '''Task Link '''tab, you have the option to '''Show all data-driven Task Links''' or use the '''Task Link Filer Rules''' capability by clicking the '''Use Rules''' radio button.  Selecting the '''Use Rules''' radio button enables the '''Manage Rules''' button which is used to access the '''Task Link Filter Rules''' form.  This form allows you to establish '''a set of rules''' to govern how '''Data-driven Task Links''' are '''shown'''.

For more information on '''Task Link Filtering Rules''', please see the article at: [[Using Task Link Filtering Rules for Showing/Hiding Task Links for OnePager for Version 7.1 | Using Task Link Filtering Rules for Showing/Hiding Task Links]] <!--19.2.1-71-->

===The Chart Properties Task Links Tab for Smartsheet===

The '''Chart Properties''' form’s '''Task Links '''tab is almost identical to that in the '''Template Properties '''form and is shown below:

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In the '''Chart Properties '''form’s '''Task Links '''tab’s '''Data-driven Task Links '''control group shown above, the '''Import and show links''' checkbox is normally '''unchecked''' or '''OFF'''.  The '''Import and show links''' checkbox is '''disabled''' in the '''Chart Properties''' form until the '''Show task links''' checkbox at the top of the form is checked '''ON'''.  Checking the '''Import and show links''' checkbox to '''ON''' when its '''enabled''' and then clicking the '''OK''' button '''imports''' the '''Data-driven Task Links''' from the '''source plan''' and displays them in the chart.  OnePager '''assumes''' that the '''Predecessors field''' from the '''source plan''' is used for '''Data-driven Task Links''' information.

When you click the '''OK''' button in the '''Chart Properties''' form, the '''Data-driven task links''' are '''imported''' and the chart looks like this:

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After '''Data-driven Task Links''' are '''imported''' and '''showing''' in the chart, you have the option with the '''Chart Properties''' form's '''Task Links''' tab to control the further '''showing or hiding''' of all '''Data-driven Task Links''' with the renamed '''Show data-driven links''' checkbox as shown below:

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Checking the '''Show data-driven links''' checkbox '''ON''' shows all '''imported Data-driven Task Links''' while checking this checkbox '''OFF''' hides all '''Data-driven Task Links'''.  If the '''Import predecessors''' checkbox is checked '''ON''' in the '''Template Properties''' form '''Task Links '''tab’s '''Data-driven Task Links''' control group, '''Data-driven Task Links''' are '''imported''' and the corresponding checkbox in the '''Chart Properties '''form’s '''Task Links '''tab is also checked '''ON'''.

===Chart Properties Form’s Task Link Tab’s Controls===

The controls in the '''Chart Properties''' form '''Task Link '''tab’s '''Default Task-Link Formatting '''control group are the same as the controls in the '''Template '''form '''Task Link '''tab’s '''Default Task Link Formatting''' control group for One Pager.   The differences in '''Task Links '''tab are only in the '''Data-driven Task Links '''control groups for OnePager.

For more information on using the OnePager '''Chart Properties''' form's '''Task Links''' tab's controls, please see the article at:  [[Editing Task Links with the Chart Properties Form for OnePager for Version 7.1 | Editing Task Links with the Chart Properties Form]] <!--19.3.1-71-->

==Additional Information for OnePager Task Links==

The Wiki article link below provides additional information on importing Task Links, using Task Links in your charts, and Task Links used with other OnePager features.  The section at the Wiki article link below is presented in the context of OnePager Pro but the information pertains equally to users of OnePager Bundle '''Standalone''' using Smartsheet '''source plans''':

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{| class="wikitable"
| [[Data-Driven Task Links for OnePager for Version 7.1#OnePager’s Data-Driven Task Link Import Process | OnePager’s Data-Driven Task Link Import Process]] <!--19.1.1.1-71-->
|}
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==Related Links==

[[Getting Started with Version 7.1 (Portal) | Getting Started (Portal)]] <!--3.0.0-71-->

[[Basic Workflows for Version 7.1 (Portal) | Basic Workflows (Portal)]] <!--7.0.1-71-->

[[Conditional Import for Version 7.1 (Portal) | Conditional Import Filters (Portal)]] <!--7.18.1-71-->

[[Manual Editing of Task Links for OnePager for Version 7.1 | Manual Editing of Task Links]] <!--9.4.1-71-->

[[Conditional Formatting for Version 7.1 (Portal) | Conditional Formatting (Portal)]] <!--11.0.1-71-->

[[Absorbing one task into another for Version 7.1 | Absorbing one task into another]] <!--17.0.1-71-->

[[Creating and Managing Virtual Summary Tasks&nbsp;for Version 7.1 | Creating and Managing Virtual Summary Tasks]] <!--18.0.1-71-->

[[Using Task Link Filtering Rules for Showing/Hiding Task Links for OnePager for Version 7.1 | Using Task Link Filtering Rules for Showing/Hiding Task Links]] <!--19.2.1-71-->

[[Using the Where Are My Links? Form for OnePager for Version 7.1 | Using the Where Are My Links? Form]] <!--19.5.1-71-->

[[Advanced Tab for OnePager for Version 7.1 | Advanced Tab]] <!--21.13.1-71-->

[[Sharing Charts for Version 7.1 (Portal) | Sharing Charts (Portal)]] <!--23.2.1-71-->

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